Margo Kopec is a teacher at the Institut auf dem Rosenberg school in St. Gallen, Switzerland. She contacted Wat Opot as she was doing a lesson on HIV/AIDS and wanted to see if it was possible to have her 10th grade students Skype with our kids. She wanted to have her students put a face to the […]
On the 29th of May, after several years of inactivity, we opened our doors to the outside community again. The first meeting, of what hopefully will develop into a monthly support group for young people, was held in our conference room and was both well attended and well received. The program was organized by Mr. Channa and […]
Mr. Ya left Wat Opot to attend the La Bottega dell Arte School in Phnom Penh. He is doing well and spends his holidays by going back to the best home he has known, Wat Opot! He shows up with that ever engaging smile, which hardly ever leaves his face. On his last visit, he showed some […]
There was an ugly piece of land behind the kitchen that could be ignored before the sidewalks were put in… it was filled in mainly with garbage and trash over the years and therefore not much good for growing anything and so we decided to make it a flower garden. Thear, the boy on […]
It’s the dry season and it’s easy to have the desire to withdraw into a room and just sit in front of a fan. It’s dusty and hot! But with 7 eager volunteers, we arranged to go to the primary school to give a short lesson in color and pattern, a short lesson that allowed […]
Post by Volunteer Olivia: Luise and I both dance back home in Germany and thought this would be a great opportunity to give the children the possibility to get to know a completely different kind of dance. Through Brian’s break-dancing sessions he had organised in December, we knew how much they all love it. […]
One of the favorite ongoing Creative Empowerment Projects at Wat Opot is making Bamboo Bracelets. It does not require a certain age or even specific skill set. All the children can get involved in one aspect or another and there are many steps to accomplish before the finished project can be displayed in Winnie’s Boutique […]
Xenia Polunin (a.k.a. Mujin) manages her late uncle’s foundation, the Douglas A Campbell Foundation (DACF). Last year the DACF donated the money to create a beautiful volunteer dorm. The DACF continues to be a generous supporter of Wat Opot, sometimes when we least expect it. Last month we received a surprise email stating that they […]
The WatOpotians were invited to Phnom Tamao (a Zoo about 30 minutes away) to take an educational one-day seminar from the Free the Bears Organization. Armed with a sense of adventure and a few cameras, fifteen of our teen’s attended. The following is their report. Upon arrival we sat down and learned about the bears, […]
A few months ago the Rotary Club of Shin Jeju, Korea visited our place and agreed to put in a hand water pump because of the lack of drinkable water during our dry season. The well digging machinery was here a few weeks later and dug the well and that was the last we heard […]
